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hijack this log [RESOLVED]

bumfluff

Posted 21 November 2005 - 04:43 AM

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hi , i am having problem accessing disc drives and hard drives through my computer icon in start menu. when i click on my computer to access drives that little torch like icon apears as if searching for drives. after about acouple of minutes the drives apear and i can use them ok,thi started yesterday ihave run virus scan and spysweeper but show nothing i have also noticed a marked slowdown in the windows shutdown process. iam posting hijack log below hope you can help.Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1Scan saved at 10:32:13, on 21/11/2005Platform: Windows XP SP1 (WinNT 5.01.2600)MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106)

bumfluff

Posted 25 November 2005 - 03:51 AM

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thx for your response unfortuneatly unable to use the progs. you sugest browser not suported iam using firefox. ihave carried out anumber of thourogh scans with avast and adawre and have come back clean i recently added an external hardrive to my pc wich shows as healthy, but wonder why the safely remove hardware icon does not apear anymore do you think this might have smomething to do with my prob. if i switch off external drive still have prob. though. thx once again.

I would have also suggested running Ewido in Safe Mode (update you definitions in Normal mode first). It appears you already have Ewido, so could try that.

I don't think your external HD issues are malware related, as no scan has actually shown anything infecting your system. Apart from the 'safely remove hardware' icon not appearing, are you having any more symptoms that could suggest a virus, spyware, trojan etc?

If the suggested scans above also come back clean, I think you should then post a message in the XP forum stating you have been certified malware free and explain your HD problem.

infaddict

Posted 25 November 2005 - 09:49 AM

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Hi bumfluff

The Ewido log mostly contains Firefox cookies, which are not too much to worry about. However, at the bottom it has detected and cleaned some files related to the Look2Me infection. This infection has never been evident in your HJT logs, so it could just be a past/dormant infection.

Save the file to your desktop and double click l2mfix.exe. Click the Install button to extract the files and follow the prompts, then open the newly added l2mfix folder on your desktop. Double click l2mfix.bat and select option #1 for Run Find Log by typing 1 and then pressing enter. This will scan your computer and it may appear nothing is happening, then, after a minute or 2, notepad will open with a log. Copy the contents of that log and paste it into this thread.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT run option #2 OR any other files in the l2mfix folder until you are asked to do so!

if you receive, while running option #1, an error similar like: ''C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe,C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt the system file is not suitable for running ms-dos and microsoft windows applications. choose close to terminate the application.."...then please use option 5 or the web page link in the l2mfix folder to solve this error condition. do not run the fix portion without fixing this first.

4) See if you can run the online Trend scan from Firefox (try using this link) and post the results

5) Also post the results of the new Ewido log

Finally let me know if you are getting any symptoms like popups, freezing and if your HD is performing any better

bumfluff

Posted 25 November 2005 - 02:57 PM

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thx for your input ithink you are right about that infection being dorment thx to xp forum ihave now resolved my problem and as things seem to be ok ithink iwill leave well alone but thank you ever so much for your help

infaddict

Posted 25 November 2005 - 03:03 PM

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Great News

Since your issues have been addressed and you are ready to travel the net again, I will just give you a few ideas on how to stay safe out there. Best of all these programs are all readily available on the net for free

To reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future, I strongly recommend installing SpywareBlaster and SpyWareGuard.

SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard are by JavaCool and both are free programs. SpywareBlaster will prevent spyware from being installed and consumes no system resources. SpywareGuard offers realtime protection from spyware installation attempts.

Antiviruses play an important role in keeping your computer safe and worry freewhile using the net. *NOTE*Only one antivirus must be allowed to run on your computer, as having two or more running can and will cause conflicts.